Reddit and What I Found There

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In this post I'll be discussing my findings on Reddit threads in the field of psychiatry.

1. On these threads, no one seems to be arguing but they are engaging in a meaningful discussion. There are lots of topics- one of the threads asks what is the most meaningful thing a patient has ever said to a psychiatrist or vice versa. There are some very deep entries on that thread that I find fascinating. On another thread, people discuss different psychological oddities within themselves and the process of becoming a psychiatrist. It's a very broad spectrum for anything within the field really.

2. The threads I mentioned above can be found here and here, although I found the latter to be the most profound. This is the thread where psychiatrists and patients listed the most insightful things they had been told. I love this because it's just who I am. I think the human mind is fascinating. I think there is so much we don't know. And I think the way humans behave speaks volumes about how our minds work, which differentiates from person to person. I just love learning and thinking about human behavior and even the disorders that come along with it. My only explanation for why I love this subject matter is that I just love it.

3. The reddit threads were deeper and more profound than I expected. Again, I came away from it wanting to know more and do more with the subject matter. I didn't think there would be discussion of specific people with mental and personality disorders that posters had come across in their lives, but there was and again, I found it fascinating.